Gabriel Barbosa, better known as “Gabigol”, is the latest exciting young talent to emerge from the Brazilian league. The 20 year-old centre forward spent most of his professional playing career at Santos, who also provided us with arguably one of the best Brazilian talents ever, Neymar. In fact, he is so heavily rated by the

Not for the first time in recent years it has all gone rather quiet on the Arsenal transfer front again. While the Manchester clubs have been spending big, the Gunners have failed to make a significant addition since the signing of Granit Xhaka at the start of the summer. A forward still has to be

India is slowly emerging as a rather profitable market for football, with the Indian Super League attracting names like Robert Pires and top Premier League clubs attempting to woo their Indian fans during festivities such as Diwali and Holi through the social media. The subcontinent’s new crowning achievement comes in the form of Premier Futsal,

Below is the eighth installment of a UEFA Euro 2016 column titled “The Russian Review” by Russian football expert and sports journalist, Shaun Nicolaides. Thirty-one days, fifty matches, one winner. After an unbelievable victory against hosts France in the showpiece final, Portugal have been crowed champions of UEFA Euro 2016, and it’s a tournament which will

With the transfer window officially open, teams have already began bringing in reinforcements in order to avoid the deadline day commotion. Albeit few and far between, some one of the best deals are acquired through free transfers: which entails agreement of personal terms with the player without the club’s involvement. Here are three of the

Arsenal have the makings of a very strong defensive unit, with Petr Cech, Hector Bellerin and Laurent Koscielny all bringing plenty to the table. Nacho Monreal also provides a pretty decent option at left-back, but the Gunners are crying out for another top-class central defender. Jeison Murillo, the latest defensive target If reports in

With the confirmation that Walter Mazzarri is to become Watford’s new head coach came a stark reminder of how his new employers operate. The club’s chief executive Scott Duxbury used all the usual platitudes that come with managerial statements but the “thoroughly looking forward to working with such a highly regarded coach” came with the

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is known for being the notorious one and has always managed to be at the centre of attention. Recently, the tall striker didn’t miss his opportunity to let the football world know that his time is up at the Parc des Princes by tweeting: “I came like a king, left like a legend.”

David Beckham Beckham is a Manchester United, Real Madrid and England legend, who deserves his name in the highest honors in the FIFA series. The midfielder has won six Premier League, one La Liga, one Ligue 1 and two MLS Cup titles. Individually, he has been runner up for 1999 Ballon d”or and 2001

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2016 will be a very interesting year for football fans, because the Euro 2016 promises to be one of the most competitive football tournaments that the football world has ever seen! Since the Euro 2012 many teams have progressed, while some have become weaker – which means that no one can say for sure who

Bologna’s talented young full-back Adam Masina has caught the eye during the first half of the season in Serie A. He has helped the newly promoted club to seven wins so far and they are seven points clear of the relegation zone and looking good to retain their top flight status. Despite only turning 22